Barrel stand



Oct. 30, 1923.

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BARREL STAND.

Application filed August 9, 1922. Serial No. 580,781.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM J. MILLER, re-J siding in the city of Platteville, county of Grant, and State of Wisconsin, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to barrel stands for supporting a barrel in position to permit its contents to be drawn off as wanted and has for its object to provide a simple, strong and inexpensive device by which a barrel standing on end may be raised from the surface on which it is standing and be so swung that its axis will be horizontal or at such slight angle that its axis will be so inclined as to facilitate complete drainage of its contents.

With the above object and other objects hereinafter described in View, my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter described and claimed. I

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a barrel stand embodying my invention arranged in position to lift a barrel.

Figure 2 shows the device with the barrel lifted.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the construction as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail view of one of the lifting levers.

Figure 5 is a view showing the barrel tilted to position to permit its contents to be drawn off.

Figure 6 is a side view of a modified form of the device.

Figure 7 is a detail view of the construction shown in Figure 6.

In the drawings 1 indicates the barrel to be raised and tilted into position for drawing ofl its contents. 2 indicates a split ring or hoop adapted to enclose the barrel midway of its length and adapted to be firmly clamped on the barrel by means of a screw or bolt 3 by which the endsof the split ring or hoop is provided with trunnions 4c and 5.

To the split ring or hoop atthe points at which the trunnions are carried are secured arms 6 and 7 extending at right angles to the plane of the split rin or hoop and having their free ends 6 and bent at right angles to engage the end of the barrel.

The trunnions 1 and 5 each has its bearing in the upper ends of a pair of legs which are pivoted together on the trunnion. 10 and 11 indicates the legs in the upper ends of which the trunnion 4 has its bearing and 12 and 13 indicate the legs in the upper ends of which the trunnion 5 has its bearing. The legs 10 and 12 are connected together near their'lower ends by brace rods 14 and 15 and the legs 11 and 13 are connected together near their lower ends by brace rods 16 and 17.

To the leg llat a point about one third of its length from its lower end is pivoted on a pin 18 a bar 19.- The other end of bar 19 is provided with an opening 20' adapted to engage a pin 21 on leg 10 at a point about one third the length of the leg from its lower end. A link 22 is pivotally connected at its upper end to the leg 10 at a point about one third the length of the leg from its upper end, and at its'lower end is pivotally connected to the bar 19. This link serves to sustain the free end of the bar 19 when it is disengaged from the leg 10 and also serves, as indicated in Figure 1, tolimit the possible separation of the lower ends of the legs 10 and 11.

The legs 12 and 13 are provided with av bar 19 and link 22' corresponding to the bar 19 and link 22 connecting. legs 10 and '11 by pins corresponding to 18 and 21.

When the barrel is in upright position with its end resting on the floor the device is placed over the barrel, as shown in Figure 1, the bars 19 and 19 being detached from the legs 10 and 12 and the lower ends of legs 10 and 12 being spread widely apart from the lower ends of legs 1.1 and 13. The split ring or hoop 2 is slippedover the barrel to about midway the lengthof the barrel and its ends drawn together by the screw or bolt 3 so as to firmly clamp the barrel.

The barrel is then lifted in the construc tion shown in Figures 1 to 4: inclusive, by means of levers 25 and 26, the end of lever 25 engaging pin 18 on leg 11 and lever 26 engaging the corresponding pin on leg 13, the lever 25 midway its length against the under side of a pin 27 on the arm 6 and the lever 26 bearing against the under side of a corresponding pin on the arm 7. The

lifted by the levers and 26 the lower ends of the legs 10 and 12 will swing-- inward until the opening 20 of bar 19 is in position to engage the pin 21 on leg 10 and the corresponding opening in bar 19 is in position to engage the corresponding pin on leg 12. When the bars 19 and 19 are engaged with these pins the legs 10 andll are locked.

together as shown in Figure 2 and the legs 12 and. 18 are "correspondingly locked together, the legs with the brace rods connect ing them thus forming a stand adapted to support the barrel and'in which the barrel may be swung on the trunnions to any angle desired.

After the barrel has been swung to hori- Zontal position as shown in Figure 5 or to the inclination desired, a faucet 4:0 is insertedin the head through which the contents of the barrel may be drawn off as wanted. r

In order to hold the barrel in horizontal position or inclined position a link 82 is pivoted at one end to the leg 11 and is provided near its free end with a series of perforations 34 any one of which-may be engaged with a pin 35 on the arm 6. V

The lever 25 is preferably notched as shown at 25 to engage pin 18 and the lever 26 is correspondingly notched. The levers 25 and 26 are intended to be removed after the barrel is lifted and the bars 19 and 19 engaged with the pins 21 and 21.

In Figures 6 and 7 is shown a construction in which the lifting levers are permanently connected with the stand. In this construction the rear leg 11 is formed with a lug at its upper end above the trunnion 4: and

. a lifting lever 51 fits beneath this lug. When the lever 51 is swung upward until it is at about right angles with the leg 11 it will engage the lug 50 'and,'in its further upward movement, will cause the upper end of leg 11 to swing rearward, its lower end being held against rearward movement, thus lifting the barrel. When the barrel is lifted to the desired height the bar 19 is engaged with pin 21, as in the construction above described. The lever 50 is then permitted to drop and,as it is preferably made'of the same length as leg 10, it will rest against and parallel with this leg10. It will, of course, be understood that the leg 13 will be provided with a lug 51 and a lifting lever corresponding to lever 50 and will engage thisrlug.

' Having thus described myinvention what I claim is:

1. In a barrel stand a pair of legs pivotally connected at their upper ends and having at their upper ends a bearing for a trunnion, a second pair of legs also pivotally connected at their upper ends and having a bearing for a trunnion, brace rods connecting the corresponding legs of each pair, clamping-means fora barrel carried by the trunnions and means for holding the legs of each pair so connected together that their upper ends carrying the bearings for the trunnions will be in elevated position comprising for each pair of legs a bar pivoted to one of the legs'near its lower end and having its other end adapted to detachably engage the other leg, and a link connected at he end to said other leg and at its; other end connected to the bar adapted to support the free end of the bar when disengaged from said other leg and to limit the possible separation of the lower-ends of'the legs.

2. In a barrel stand a pair of legspivotally connected at their upper ends and having at their upper ends a bearing for a trunnion, a second pair of legs also pivotally conneeted at their upper ends and having a bearing for a trunnion, the rear leg of each pair being provided at its upper end above its pivot with an outwardly turned lug, brace rods'connectingthe corresponding legs of each pair, barrel clamping means carried by the trunnions, and means for lifting the barrel consisting of a lever pivotally eon nected to'the rear leg on the same axis as that of the pivot connecting the legs adapted when swung upward to bear against said lug so that by the further upward swing of the lever the upper end of the rear leg will be swung upward on its lower end as a pivot to lift the barrel and permit the front legs to swing inward, and means for connecting the lower ends of the front and rear legs.

ADAM JOHN MILLER. 

